The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-08-10
THE WESTERN STATES.

II the omnibus doodle trial at Chicago, on
Monday, the examination OF witnesses for the
defense began. A number of persons testified
10 the good regulations heretofore borne by
several of the defendants, their evidence 60
ing to show that people often enjoy good rep
utations who do not deserve them. Four of
the defendant County Commissioners took
the witness stand and stoutly denied
that they had ever rece we'd money
to influence their official action. Their state
ments are generally discredted Judge Shep-
ard overruled the motion for new trial in
the case of Edward Mcdonald, and formally
sentenced him to three years in the peniten-
tiary in accordance with the verdict of the
Jury When asked by the court if he had
anything to say why sentence should not be
passed upon hun, Mcdonald quietly replied:
Il have nothing to sly, your Honor 2"
"Without further ceremony, then, / will
formally sentence you. said the court. SIou
are an intelligent man, and it won d be mock
cry for me TO explain to you the fun import
of tho verdict Therefore, / command that
you be taken hence 10 the county Jail, and
from there TO States prison, where you shall
be imprisoned for the term Of three years
Mcdonald heard the sentence without finch
ing, and looked intently at the Judge
while he was speaking DR. st John,
prominent Chicago physician, charged with
aiding McGarigle to escape, was arrested and
held to bail in 10000 McGarigle is in Lon
don, Canada, where he expects to be joined
by his family. He boasts that he will be back
in Chicago "a free man" within ninety days.
Ex-Warden Charles l. Frey is still III jail,
having been unable to secure bondsmen. His
bail has been fixed at 81, 600 on each indict-
ment, or $4,000 in all.
A CHICAGO dispatch of Wednesday says:
Nv. J. McGarigle the escaped boodler, Is
believed to be in hiding near St Catharines,
Ontario. warrant has been issued at Mon
treal for his arrest on charge of conspiracy
preferred by James Baxter, a broker of that
city The offense is alleged to have been COM
mitted while McGargle was Chief of Police
in this city, and the proceedings will, it is
said be vigorously pushed. 1t is said Nc
Garige is badly scared. "
AT Portsmouth, Ohio, the jury in the cas-
of ALI Mccoy, the saloon-keeper charged with
the murder of DR.. Northup, prohibit onist,
returned a verdict of murder in the second
degree.
The Peoria Ill) Journal Of Wednesday
printed the following dispatch from Gales
burg:
Justice A. VI. Craig. OF the Illinois Supreme
Court, who is now spending few weeks ut the
seashore i'll Maine, Is reported on good authority
TO have dropped, prior TO his departure, in con-
versation with Of our business men,
remarks to the effect that the Supreme
Court would not grant a new trial
tla sgfa
1t is stated that in this conversation the Judge
said that when the case was heard by the Su-
preme Court the Judges agreed upon a refusal
OF new trial, and that the labor OF writing an
opinion TO that effect was allotted TO one of the
Judges and was in progress at that time. It
could not be learned which one of the Judges
was writing the opinion. Judge Craig is re-
ported TO have said that the court was quite
unanimous in its opinion. The decision was
to be kept secret until the opening of the
September term, which will be on the first
Tuesday in that month.
A CHICAGO dispatch of Thursday says: "In
the great omnibus Doodle trial the defense
rested YESTERDAY The State introduced no
rebutting evidence, for the reason that there
was nothing to rebut Arguments were then
made by Assistant States Attorney Walker
for the prosecution and Colonel Dan Mum for
the defense. In the course of Mr.. Walkers
speech he denounced Wren as the most con-
temptible swindler of the gang and as a
'perjurer' Wren jumped TO his feet and
called Walker a liar, repeating the term sew
eral times, while Walker reiterated his char
acterzation of the big boodier as perjurer
The Court finally succeeded in suppressing
Wren, who left the room in rage"
A CONVENTION of Indiana ex-prisoners of
war was held at Indianapolis, when delegates
IL, o. 10 l.
held in Chicago August 10 and -. The OBJ
iect of the movement is to secure pensions for
all ex-prisoners OF war.
DISPATCH from Green Bay Wis, SAYS
that beer-kettle in Rahr's brewery exploded,
scalding seven men, six of whom died during
the night They are August Delforge and
his two sons, Joseph and Frank; J. b. Halbe,
John Biermeret and George Halbe. Delforge
and Biermeret leave families, but the rest
were unmarried The cause Of tho explosion
is unknown. The kettle held seventy barrels
of boiling water, which poured over the un-
fortunate men, literally cooking their flesh.
Henry Zifert is the only one injured who will
recover.
The attorney for Maxwell, the St Louis
trunk murderer, has obtained writ Of error
in his clients case from Justice Miller, of the
United States Supreme Court, and therefore
the execution, which was set for the 18th OF
this month, will be deferred
The walls OF the burned Anthony elevator,
at Minneapolis, fell upon gang of workmen
who were digging out the damaged wheat
Six were taken out dead, and one was fatally
injured.